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Avocado Oil - Superfood for your skin
Feb 20, 2017
Over the past few years, Avocados have become known as a ‘superfood’ for good reason. They are a nutrient dense, and it’s no wonder that they have been prized for thousands of years. The avocado is fruit, a member of the berry family. Archaeologists found evidence in a cave in Central Mexico that avocados were eaten 10,000 years ago. There is even fossil evidence that...
Shea Butter
Feb 13, 2017
Vitellaria paradoxa, the shea tree, grows across the African continent in the dry savanna belt from Ghana and the Ivory Coast in the west to Sudan and the highlands of Ethiopia in the east. The tree bears fruit when it is 10 to 15 years old and develops into full production mode after turning 20. The nuts are produced for up to 200 years...
A Myth: The Cedar Forests of the Gods
Feb 05, 2017
The Epic of Gilgamesh is considered the oldest surviving piece of literature and is an epic poem that was carved onto tablets around 2100 BCE in ancient Sumeria. The tales in the epic, as you might imagine, are complex stories of gods and kings wrangling for power. The hero, Gilgamesh, is King of Uruk, an ancient kingdom on the banks of the Euphrates in what...
Ancient wisdom of Cedrus Atlantica
Jan 30, 2017
Cedar is widely available and can be found in many forms from sachets to building materials. The word cedar conjures up cabins in the woods. Most of us who wear wool sweaters use cedar as a moth repellent. Drawers and closets are lined with cedar blocks or sachets to help keep the insects away and to also impart the woodsy fragrance to all of the...
